Tag: Home Lab

When do you upgrade your home lab version? New hardware? New arrangement? I’m not really sure, so we’re going to go with v4.0.

This post is really just an overview of what the lab currently looks like and some of the functions it performs. A lot of it is more production than lab, so…labduction?

There she is, up there, in all of her cobbled together glory. And trust me, I’m cleaning up the cabling this weekend! I wish I’d known when I started what I know now, but I suppose that’s part of the reason we do this! Read More

So you want to get your hands dirty and force your VPN to connect based on network states? You’ve come to the right place! First and foremost, you’ll need an editor that handles XML. I recommend Atom.

Inspired by a Reddit post1, I began to look into Apple’s options for forcing VPN connections through the use of Mobile Configuration Profiles2. One resource I found that was helpful was this post from derman.com. So open up your Mobile Configuration file and let’s get to work! Read More

This was setup and configured with the following: macOS 10.13 High Sierra Beta (should work with 10.12+, possibly older), and Apple Configurator 2.5 Beta (available from the Apple Developer site/release available on the App Store; should work with prior versions).

This tutorial has its foundation in a thread1 on the pfSense Forums, however I have made some changes that will be outlined here. Let’s get started! Read More

I recently replaced my home pfSense router, previously a Zotac CI323, with a Qotom Q355G4. While the Zotac was never a bad machine as a router, it wasn’t great, and as my needs began to expand, so too did my issues. I frequently experienced a complete failure of the WAN link, only solved by rebooting, and when running Suricata, a saturated WAN link meant a quick performance degradation to the point where I completely lost internet access and could not access the pfSense web interface or SSH. Read More